Home Servers and Consumer Storage: Analysis and Forecasts

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1 Brochure More information from Home Servers and Consumer Storage: Analysis and Forecasts Description: This report identifies different consumer storage platforms and profiles the most representative / competitive solution providers. With the latest consumer data on intenders and early adopters, a comprehensive industry analysis, and industry forecasts, this report takes an early look at an emerging but promising home server industry. Current file storage solutions are not equipped to handle consumers ever-growing libraries of digital photos, music, and video, said Jane Shields, research analyst. Soon the average broadband household will need close to a terabyte of storage to account for their media collections on PCs, portable devices, and DVRs. However, while storage capacity will certainly be a critical factor in purchase decisions, the industry needs to pay attention to additional features as it approaches the mass market. Contents: 1.0 Notes on Methodology 1.1 Data Sources 1.2 Definitions 2.0 Consumer Storage: An Overview 2.1 Classifying Storage Solutions Network-hosted/Online Storage Portable/Mobile Storage Direct Attached Storage Network Attached Storage Home Server 3.0 Catalysts for the Home Server 3.1 Consumer Factors Digital Media Use on the Rise Backup and Safekeeping Sharing Home Networking s Evolution beyond Just Data 3.2 Business Factors Established Players Seeking New Markets The Role of Service Providers: Network-hosted and Local Storage Strategies 3.3 Key Components of the Consumer Storage Experience Connectivity Approaches Storage Media Flash Memory Home Networking Technologies Software/Middleware Solutions Industry-led Efforts to Create Connected Product Ecosystems 4.0 Market Forecasts 5.0 Conclusions and Recommendations 5.1 For Storage CE Companies 5.2 For Service Providers 5.3 For Technology Providers Resource Book 1.0 Profiles 1.1 Silicon Companies Broadcom Marvell LSI Corporation

2 1.1.4 Oxford Semiconductor PMC-Sierra Incorporated 1.2 Disk and Memory Companies Fujitsu Limited Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Hynix Intel Micron Technology SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd Seagate Technology LLC Spansion SMSC Toshiba Western Digital 1.3 NAS Enclosure Companies D-Link Helios NETGEAR Promise Technology Ximeta Zetera ZyXEL 1.4 Network-hosted Storage Allmydata.com Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Box.net Carbonite esnips Ltd Fabrik Flipdrive HP Upline IBackup istorage by Iomega MioNet by Western Digital Mozy by EMC Omnidrive Openomy Strongspace by Joyent SugarSync by Sharpcast, Inc. 1.5 Portable Software Companies Buffalo Fujitsu Limited Fujitsu-Siemens Computers HP Iomega LaCie Philips SanDisk Corporation Seagate Technology LLC SimpleTech by Fabrik Storage Application Corporation Toshiba Western Digital Ximeta 1.6 Direct Attached Storage Companies Buffalo Fujitsu-Siemens Computers Hammer Storage Iomega LaCie Philips Seagate Technology LLC SimpleTech by Fabrik

3 1.6.9 Western Digital 1.7 Network Attached Storage Companies Buffalo Hammer Storage LaCie Philips Western Digital 1.8 Home Server Companies Apple Buffalo Fujitsu-Siemens Computers HP Iomega LaCie Philips Seagate Technology LLC TranquilPC 1.9 Software Companies Axentra Digion EMC J. River, Inc Macrovision Microsoft PacketVideo by Nextwave Wireless Inc QNX Software Syabas Technology Inc. List of Figures Portable Device Adoption and Usage Use of Digital Platforms by Media Type Network-hosted Storage Environment Network-hosted Storage Solution for Storage Only Network-hosted Storage Solution for Storage and Sharing Network-hosted Storage Solution for Storage, Sharing and Social Networking Major Digital Storage/Backup Deployments Forecast of Annual Revenue of Broadband Service Provider-Provisioned Online Storage Services Portable Storage Devices Direct Attached Storage Devices Network Attached Storage Devices Home Server Devices Digital Media Activities (2006 vs. 2007) Broadband Video Activities: At Least Weekly Total Gigabytes Used (Average) for Digital Media Storage Households Using Place-shifting Solutions Interest in Computer Features How Do Internet Users Back up Documents and Content? Important Storage Features for NAS Devices Online Sharing Activities: Communication and Information Important Sharing Features for NAS Devices Data Network Growth Forecast Defining Home Networking Important Networking Features for NAS Devices Willingness to Pay for a Network-Hosted Storage Solution Home Networking Technologies Network Media Market Share: As a Percentage of Networked Devices Software/Middleware Providers DLNA Vision Ordering: Order Online -

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